Tag: sound production

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Projecting the Cello in an Ensemble

Paul Katz with Rob Mayes.

4:07

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Great Quartets Start and End Together

Sibbi Bernhardsson of Pacifica Quartet interviewed by Abigail Rojansky of Verona Quartet

5:31

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Conversation with Wendy Warner (June, 2000)

By Tim Janof September 8, 2020

Subjects Interviews

Tags Glenn Garlick, ICS, Internet Cello Society Archive, Interpretation, Mstislav Rostropovich, Nell Novak, Rostropovich, sound production, Teaching, Technique

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The Joy of Feuillard – A Sequential Approach to Teaching Bow Technique (Part 1 – Introduction)

By Robert Jesselson September 17, 2018

Subjects Repertoire, Technique

Tags bow control, bow distribution, bow technique, Feuillard, sound production, Teaching, The Joy of Feuillard

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Vowels and Sound Production on the Cello

By Gregory Beaver January 29, 2018

Subjects Technique

Tags contact point, language, overtones, sound production

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THINKING IN A NEW WAY—Overcoming Habits (Part 5 of 6): Fleet Fingers

By Selma Gokcen March 4, 2013

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags Alexander Technique, articulation, Awareness, bend, body, bow technique, cello, cello playing muscles, clarity, connection, expression, fingers are flexible, function, Gokcen, habit, Healthy, paraspinal muscles, Selma, sensation of opposition, sensation of the back, sound production, tension

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Exploring Beethoven 5th, Variation One

By Jonathan Pegis December 11, 2012

Subjects Orchestra, Repertoire

Tags attention to detail, Beethoven, Beethoven Symphonies, Beethoven's 5th Symphony, bow control, bow technique, cello, cello excerpt, cellobello, continuous vibrato, details, dynamics, Excerpts, intonation, Jonathan, legato, melody, musicality, Pegis, phrasing, practice tips, Preparation, Rhythm, shifting, singing, Sound, sound production, technical challenges, tempo, vibrato

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Raising the Arms (Part 2)

By Selma Gokcen May 7, 2012

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags Alexander Technique, Awareness, cello, cello technique, cellobello, connection, energy, gestures, Gokcen, injury, music, Preparation, Primary Control, Selma, sound production

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What’s the Passcode?

By Brant Taylor March 21, 2012

Subjects Practicing

Tags Brant, cello, cellobello, finesse, Habits, honesty, improvement, orchestral excerpts, Practice, practicing, professional musicians, progress, skills, sound production, Taylor, understanding

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The Eyes Have It (Part 2): More on Attention

By Selma Gokcen November 3, 2011

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags Alexander, Alexander Technique, balance, cello, cellobello, control, energy, expression, Gokcen, Habits, head-neck-back relationship, movement, music, Selma, sound production, spinal column, Teaching, Technique

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Looking & Seeing — by Selma Gokcen

By Selma Gokcen July 9, 2011

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags artistry, attention, Awareness, body, body awareness, breathing, cello, cellobello, Coordination, discovery, Gokcen, Habits, Instruments, Mind, movement, Observation, patience, Practice, practice habits, seeing, self-observation, Selma, sound production, Technique

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Learning Through Listening

By Yeesun Kim June 6, 2011

Subjects Artistic Vision

Tags artistry, atmosphere, cello, cellobello, communication, gestures, Kim, learning, Listening, musical expression, musical instruments, musical language, NEC, New England Conservatory, performance, Production, recordings, Sound, sound production, studying, Symphony, Teaching, Yeesun

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Defining the Intangible

By Melissa Kraut April 11, 2011

Subjects Auditions

Tags articulation, Auditions, bow, bow speed, career, cello, cellobello, clarity, commitment, Concerto, connection, Development, Experience, expression, imagination, intentions, intonation, knowledge, Kraut, Melissa, musicianship, passion, possibility, potential, quality, reflection, skill, sound production, Strings Magazine, students, success, suggestions, Technique, tone, vibrato

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To Mic, or Not to Mic

By Jeffrey Zeigler December 1, 2010

Subjects Technology

Tags acoustics, Adjustments, balance, challenges, collaboration, concert halls, concerts, equipment, Jeffrey, Kronos Quartet, options, possibilities, Quartet, reality, Sound, sound design, sound production, Technology, Zeigler

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